Marketing Strategies for a Branded World

by Michael R. Solomon

In Conquering Consumerspace, Michael R. Solomon, director of Mind/Share Inc., a consulting firm specializing in online consumer research, provides a lively exploration of the new realities of how we market to consumers today. In consumerspace, a place where our very reality is branded, marketers have a vast number of new choices that have been enabled by the dynamic nature of today’s interactive environment. This summary promises to help readers navigate today’s complex consumer economy

Pick Your Battles and Live to Get Promoted Another Day

by David F. D'Alessandro

If you intend to compete at the levels where the competition gets really ferocious — where everybody is hard-working and accomplished — you need a much more subtle advantage. You need a “personal brand” that convinces people to trust you with new opportunities. A big career requires everything from the right kind of manners, to the right style of handling your detractors, to the right instincts about when to leave a job and when to stick with it. In Career Warfare, David D’Alessandro, c

How to Use Everyday Ingenuity to Solve Problems Big and Small

New Thinking and Innovative Tools to Create Great Corporate Strategies. . . Using Insights from History and Science

by Evan M. Dudik

In this insightful primer on corporate strategy development, Dudik shows why the traditional strategic goal of sustainable competitive advantage (SCA) is being replaced by a new goal: opportunity creation and exploitation (OCE). Dudik also explores the business application of a classic military strategy: the hammer and pivot.

Aligning the Hearts and Minds of Your Employees

by Jon R. Katzenbach

Katzenbach, co-author of The Wisdom of Teams, shows how to build exceptional levels of employee performance and commitment by consistently pursuing one or more of five distinct paths to peak performance: the Mission, Values and Pride path; the Process and Metrics path; the Entrepreneurial Spirit path; the Individual Achievement path; and the Recognition and Celebration path.